CVE-2026-56865

Fix transparency log tile verification bypass in golang.org/x/mod/sumdb/tlog

HIGH
8.4
CVSS Score
Published: August 13, 2026 at 09:58 PM UTC
Updated: September 3, 2026 at 04:54 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsGoSumdb Tlog

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Severity
HIGH8.4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A malicious GOPROXY was previously capable of forging up to two sumdb tiles that allow for a requested module to bypass the GOSUMDB check and persist attacker-controlled module content to a local Go module cache. This attack allows for a malicious GOPROXY to serve malicious module content that cannot be detected by evaluating the transparency log. All tiles are now correctly verified against their parents. In order to determine if you have been affected: rm -r go.sum go.work.sum vendor/ && go mod tidy

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.25.131.26.0-0 ≤ v < 1.26.61.27.0-0 ≤ v < 1.27.0-rc.31.26.0-01.27.0-0
Affected range stops below 1.25.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.26.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.27.0-rc.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 0.40.0
Affected range stops below 0.40.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.4HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-347

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